Gascoyne, Thomas Jepson, Corporal, 4715, 21st Battalion, Australian InfantryBorn Chesterfield, EnglandSurveyor’s ChairmanAttested 7th February 1916Age 39 years, 5 monthsHeight 5 feet 8 inchesWeight 146 poundsChest measurement 35-38½ inchesMedium complexionGrey eyesLight brown hairReligion Church of EnglandDisembarked from England for service in France 16th September 1916Admitted to hospital on 17th February 1917 to 6th March 1917 after slipping on a frozen track in the field on 14th February 1917. Injured his left knee.Rejoined battalion 8th September 1917On furlough from 15th September 1917 to 3rd October 1917Killed in action 4th October 1917, aged 40Son of Richard and Susan Gascoyne, of Occupation Road, Chesterfield; husband of Linda Gascoyne, of 30 Adeline Street, South Preston, Victoria (Previous address: 5 Oliver Street, Preston, Victoria)Native of Derbyshire, EnglandCommemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium
1911 Census
Born Whittington, Derbyshire
No occupation stated
Son of Richard, a coal miner hewer, and Susanna Gascoyne, of 23, Lockoford Lane, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Mr J Gascoyne, 139 Chatsworth Road, Brampton has received a letter from Lieutenant J Watt, Australian Imperial Force, concerning his brother, Corporal J T (“Jeb”) Gascoyne, the famous cyclist, a report of whose death in action appeared in our last weeks issue. The writer states that Corporal Gascoyne was killed on October 4th. Corporal Gascoyne was of the type that made no enemies. His comrades admired him for his many manly qualities and by his courage and care for the men under his command he had endeared himself to them. His loss was deeply deplored by them all. Derbyshire Times 18th December 1917
Gascoyne, Thomas Jepson, Corporal, 4715, 21st Battalion, Australian InfantryBorn Chesterfield, EnglandSurveyor’s ChairmanAttested 7th February 1916Age 39 years, 5 monthsHeight 5 feet 8 inchesWeight 146 poundsChest measurement 35-38½ inchesMedium complexionGrey eyesLight brown hairReligion Church of EnglandDisembarked from England for service in France 16th September 1916Admitted to hospital on 17th February 1917 to 6th March 1917 after slipping on a frozen track in the field on 14th February 1917. Injured his left knee.Rejoined battalion 8th September 1917On furlough from 15th September 1917 to 3rd October 1917Killed in action 4th October 1917, aged 40Son of Richard and Susan Gascoyne, of Occupation Road, Chesterfield; husband of Linda Gascoyne, of 30 Adeline Street, South Preston, Victoria (Previous address: 5 Oliver Street, Preston, Victoria)Native of Derbyshire, EnglandCommemorated on the Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium
1911 Census
Born Whittington, Derbyshire
No occupation stated
Son of Richard, a coal miner hewer, and Susanna Gascoyne, of 23, Lockoford Lane, Chesterfield, Derbyshire
Mr J Gascoyne, 139 Chatsworth Road, Brampton has received a letter from Lieutenant J Watt, Australian Imperial Force, concerning his brother, Corporal J T (“Jeb”) Gascoyne, the famous cyclist, a report of whose death in action appeared in our last weeks issue. The writer states that Corporal Gascoyne was killed on October 4th. Corporal Gascoyne was of the type that made no enemies. His comrades admired him for his many manly qualities and by his courage and care for the men under his command he had endeared himself to them. His loss was deeply deplored by them all.
Derbyshire Times 18th December 1917
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